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Mentioned several times throughout the series are the Ogre Wars, which is to assume that there is more than one ogre and that they are at war with various kingdoms in the Enchanted Forest.

Rumplestiltskin fights in the first war, before he gains the Dark One's powers, and even flees from battle because he hears a prediction from a seer seemingly foretelling of his demise and therefore causing his son becoming fatherless. Due to deliberately injuring his own leg to be exempt from battle, war veterans refer to him as a coward and traitor. This war lasts for at least fourteen years. Rumplestiltskin stops the first known Ogre War when he becomes the Dark One. ("Desperate Souls", "Manhattan")

Granny's six brothers as well as her father are all veterans of the second Ogre War. Later, when Granny recounts this to a group of villagers, she notes it was more than sixty years ago. ("Red-Handed")

Belle makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin in an effort to save her village from the ogres. Before doing so, reports surface of several villages falling to the ogres. This implies the war is between more than one kingdom and the ogres as well as the ogre army itself being a very powerful force. This battle is either a third Ogre War or any posterior Ogre War. ("Skin Deep")